"She's someone I've had quite a crush on for many years. So suddenly there we are, naked together. It's a weird job," Pearce told USA TODAY's DonnaFreydkin while promoting the miniseries on Sunday morning.

Some experts over the years have blamed a high incidence of cancer-related deaths in Germany and other parts of Eastern Europe on Chernobyl. For some people, such as USA TODAY reporter DonnaFreydkin, who lived in Germany at the time, Japan reminds her of the day Chernobyl happened and her worries about the fallout for years to come. H